Within Our Gates was produced and directed by Oscar Micheaux in 1919. He is considered to be the first African-American director of feature films and this is the first such film still in existence.
I found the plot difficult to follow, and he does not give full play to the "money" scenes at the conclusion but it is certainly of historic interest.


This movie is part of the collection: Silent Films

Producer: Oscar Micheaux
Audio/Visual: sound
Keywords: African-American; black;

Creative Commons license: CC0 1.0 Universal

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